Birth Day. April 22, 2010.

The drive home from the Honeyfield Apiary in Williamsport, MD, to my house in Silver Spring, MD, was uneventful and the bees were very well behaved. In this cardboard box, coated with wax, are 5 frames of Italian honey bees. And one Carniolan Queen from Kona, Hawaii. Carniolans are originally from Slovakia. I was told to place the box gently on top of the hive, remove the plastic webbing from the front door, and wait until the next day to move the frames into the hive box.